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<h1 class="topictitle1">Downloading the ProtectAgent Software Package</h1>
<div id="body0000001216015808"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p176141938144416">If you want to manually install ProtectAgent on the agent host, first download the ProtectAgent software package by referring to this section.</p>
<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__section9955555123918"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_ol16439939183618"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001166356758_en-us_topic_0000001084775528_li10690245104713"><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol08941439165212"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text22651956143811"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Clients &gt; Clients</b></span>.</span></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_en-us_topic_0000001084775528_li14824101211517"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_en-us_topic_0000001084775528_uicontrol1753112645517"><b>ProtectAgent Package Management</b></span> and set related parameters.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_en-us_topic_0000001084775528_p4601194812552"><a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_table717414424387">Table 1</a> describes the parameters.</p>

<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_table717414424387"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_table717414424387"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_table717414424387" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Downloading the ProtectAgent software package</caption><colgroup><col style="width:34.910000000000004%"><col style="width:65.09%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_row1117464213813"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.910000000000004%" id="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_p1417474253812">Parameter</p>
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<tbody><tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_row41741542163816"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.910000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_p81741742203817"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_text13730136124515"><strong>Mode</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.09%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_p20174154243817">Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_uicontrol7911536183916"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text10681550142616"><strong>Download</strong></span></b></span>.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__row22251244104212"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.910000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001166356758_p2555538332"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text9969173072613"><strong>Agent Type</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.09%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p47306873514">Select an agent type based on the type of the protected resource.<ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839189313_ul51081046153514"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839189313_li2041316610365"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839189313_text186111605711"><strong>VMware backup agent</strong></span>: Select this type when the protected resource is a VMware VM.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839189313_li10259161517365"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839189313_text10744185291919"><strong>General backup agent</strong></span>: Select this type for protected resources other than VMware.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839189313_li15157142212345"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839189313_text1856797812"><strong>SAN Client agent</strong></span>: Select this type if the protected resource is DB2 and the AIX or Solaris host uses a Fibre Channel network.</li></ul>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.09%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p68501345183411">OS type of the agent host.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__row78405231135"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.910000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><div class="p" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p584116231736"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b194961517214">Download Package Type</strong><div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__note4312948630"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001839143189_en-us_topic_0000001839143213_p8320153562113">This parameter is available only in 1.6.0 and later versions.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.09%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p834134119716">When <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b479014216219"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text123047251089"><strong>OS</strong></span></strong> is set to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b17783152642120">Linux</strong>, select the type of the installation package to be downloaded. The supported types are <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b163671642122113">zip</strong> and <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b185351344112115">tar</strong>.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.09%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p1591403556">If <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text08691855916"><strong>Agent Type</strong></span> is set to <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text98031041993"><strong>General Backup Agent</strong></span>, select an application type that can be protected by the agent host.</p>
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<tr id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__row20952471430"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.910000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p295194764310"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text72515012715"><strong>Private Key Password</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.09%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001191380933_p16670024185815">User-defined private key password. Enter a password according to the complexity requirements prompted.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001191380933_p37736558810">The private key password is used to encrypt the private key file in the ProtectAgent software package. The private key file is used for authentication between the agent host and <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text8871399116">OceanProtect</span>. Keep the private key password secure for future use during installation.</p>
<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001191380933_note15968185410217"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__ul3371185614104"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__li17169115881016">If <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b568610501287">OS</strong> is set to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b76864500284">AIX</strong> or <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b3686650162810">Solaris</strong>, the entered private key password cannot contain special characters <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__b668655010282">^`{_|}~</strong>. Otherwise, the installation will fail when the software package is used to install ProtectAgent.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__li63712562105">After you enter the private key password, the <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__text48556398112">OceanProtect</span> uses the password to encrypt the private key file in the ProtectAgent software package.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__li173711569109">If you have imported the agent certificate by referring to the <i><cite id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001191380933_cite51717516322">OceanProtect DataBackup 1.5.0-1.6.0 Security Configuration Guide</cite></i> before downloading the ProtectAgent software package, you can enter the private key password that is the same as that of the agent certificate or customize the private key password.</li></ul>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.09%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__p18753165610432">Enter the private key password again.</p>
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</p></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_li278115484317"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_uicontrol5433201134415"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001211955661_en-us_topic_0000001211799265_text11307125413458"><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001191380933_p1390743212816">Obtain the downloaded ProtectAgent software package.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839189405__en-us_topic_0000001191380933_p2012123812508">If you fail to download the ProtectAgent package using Internet Explorer 11 on the Windows Server, refer to <a href="en-us_topic_0000001792550016.html">What If I Failed to Download ProtectAgent Using Internet Explorer 11 on the Windows Server?</a>.</p>
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